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Is 60C OK for P4 1.6@2.3GHz?

I'd say that would be a tad on the hot side. More like 49-52 degrees is what you want to aim for when the cpu is under full load.
 
Im using the Abit BG7 board with a 1.6a@2.4 right now at 1.68 volts and the temperature reported in the bios is around 60c. Im using the retail heatsink with artic silver II paste. My case temperature is around 95 F. You think this is too hot for it, ive heard that Abit boards report higher than actual temperatures or do you think this is correct?
 
Check out the thread I started about the P4 Thermal Solution a little further down. After delving into Intel's technical datasheet, I found that the maximum allowable for the Northwood CPUs are actually pretty high. Under full load, a 2.53 GHz CPU can take a temperature of 71 degrees Celsius without any loss of reliability. At 2.4 GHz, the CPU can withstand a temperature up to 70 degrees Celsius. So according to Intel, as long as you don't exceed those temperatures, your CPU will run just as expected. (So as the wattage output by the CPU goes up as you overclock, the maximum temperature that the CPU can tolerate will also go up.) So the Northwoods are able to withstand higher temperatures than was previously thought. (Also, the Northwood datasheet makes no mention at all of the 1.6 and 1.8 GHz Northwood CPUs, so those CPUs must then be downrated 2.0 Northwood chips. That explains the great overclocks we're seeing, because Intel planned all of their Northwoods to be at least 2.0 GHz.) So while it can't hurt to cool down your CPU a bit, don't worry too much about it. (Just make sure to keep your voltage below 1.75 volts. In the data sheet, it says that 1.75 volts is the maximum voltage that the CPU can withstand before it starts to lose it's reliability. So you want to make sure you keep the Vcore below that point and try not to max it out to the 1.75 actual volts.)
 
It's about 31c outdoors in Boston and I don't have an air conditioner. My motherboard is 36c. My cpu idles at 42c and about 53-54c at prime95.

P4 1.6 @ 2.4ghz @ 1.6v

Maybe your case needs more ventilation. Take the side cover off and see how the temperature changes.
 
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